Justification:This species occurs in New Caledonia, the Philippines and Ryukyu island (between Taiwan and Japan) and Vanuatu. As a deep water species with a wide range and no obvious threats, this species has been assessed as of Least Concern.

This species occurs in New Caledonia, the Philippines and Ryukyu island (between Taiwan and Japan) and Vanuatu. (Röckel et al. 1995). The EOO, AOO and number of locations exceed the thresholds for criteria B1 and B2.

In common with all Conus spp, this species is traded by specimen shell dealers for the collector market. There are no quantitative data available on the number of shells removed, however shells are sold in the mid range and are occasionally available (Rice 2007).